Why: To celebrate the completion of Beach Range Road trail project, a project that provides connection to future Monterey Branch Line station at 8th Street and CSUMB, and offers users a greater separation from traffic on Highway 1.

For more information, please contact Kaki Cheung of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, at (831) 775-4413, or via email at kaki@tamcmonterey.org.

Download event flyer here, which includes directions to get to the event site.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Beach Range Road multi-use trail project will be held on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. at Fort Ord Dunes State Park, Marina. Above photo shows the October 28, 2010 project kick off for the Beach Range Road project.

The Beach Range Road project was one of the segments identified in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Master Plan, a collaborative effort among public agencies, non-profit organizations and the public to construct a trail that would span Monterey Bay from the city of Pacific Grove to Santa Cruz County line.* The facility offers users a greater separation from traffic on Highway 1, provides connection to the future Monterey Branch Line station at 8th Street and California State University Monterey Bay and allows visitors to experience the new Fort Ord Dunes State Park.

Please mark your calendars!

Kaki Cheung

Associate Transportation Planner

Transportation Agency for Monterey County

55 B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901

Phone: (831) 775-4413

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*Clarification: Here TAMC’s press release is referring to the Monterey County portion. As stated in the April 2011 fact sheet from the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, which was shared at Bicycling Monterey in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Master Plan post, the entire trail is to stretch from Lovers Point in Pacific Grove all the way to the San Mateo/Santa Cruz County line.